[Enhancement]: Support a way to customize agents' behavior more deeply

[distardao]

What features would you like to see added?

Some ways to customize agents behavior more easily

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I think the current definition of agents lacks flexibility. I know there are some solutions, such as building custom plugins or actions, but they may not be sufficient. Each time I need to create a new plugin, I have to modify some project files and map them into Docker container to overwrite the original files.

Maybe we should provide a more flexible approach, such as implementing pipeline like Open Web UI or integrating Dify as a backend? Dify offers a complete solution for customizing agents and workflows. I think integrating it natively into LibreChat would be a huge advantage.

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[danny-avila]

I think the current definition of agents lacks flexibility.
Dify offers a complete solution for customizing agents and workflows.

I think some help defining these things more specifically will help me understand your needs. Furthermore, you should review the current scope of agent capabilities because they are highly configurable:

https://www.librechat.ai/docs/features/agents#agent-chain

This newer feature of agent chaining helps create a "pipeline" so to speak, largely relying on your customization of instructions, tools, and resources attached.

Each time I need to create a new plugin, I have to modify some project files and map them into Docker container to overwrite the original files.

You shouldn't be doing this any longer, you can use actions, as you said, as well as MCP servers:
https://www.librechat.ai/docs/features/agents#model-context-protocol-mcp

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All that said, improving agents is a core priority of mine, and I will showcase in an upcoming video just how capable they already are.

[distardao]

Thanks for your response! I’m really eager to see this new feature. However, I think integrating Dify natively into LibreChat would be a big step. From what I remember, Dify doesn’t have a Chat UI like LibreChat—it only offers embedded chat for websites or something similar. Based on your advice, I think I could connect to Dify using the action feature, but seeing Dify as an original provider is so cool! :D

[danny-avila]

If Dify offers API access as an OpenAI compatible API, it should already work as a custom endpoint, too.

[distardao]

Dify seems to support only the OpenAPI format. I have another question about Agent-Chain: If we have multiple agents chained together, how does LibreChat control token spending to ensure it doesn’t exceed the balance? Is the balance-checking process run before each agent call? And if the balance doesn’t have enough tokens, will the process be canceled in the middle of the chain, without calling the next agent?